Divided We Fall Movie Review 2000

In 1943, the inhabitants of an unnamed Czechoslovakian town are existing under the Nazi occupation. Josef (Polivka) recognizes his former employer David (Kassai), a Jew who has escaped the camps. Josef and his wife Marie (Siskova) agree to hide David in their home although they are under the scrutiny of Nazi collaborator Horst (Dusek), who keeps making passes at Marie. Although they are childless, Marie claims to be pregnant to get Horst to leave her alone. Which leads Josef to ask a delicate favor of David so they can make good on Marie's lie. Czech with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from Czech.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Judaism, World War II, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Pregnant Pauses, Marriage, Eastern Europe

Screenplay

Petr Jarchovsky

Cast

Boleslav Polivka, Anna Siskova, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek, Jiri Pecha, Simona Stasova, Marin Huba, Vladimir Marek, Jiri Kodet, Richard Tesarik

Cinematography

Jan Malir

Director

Jan Hrebejk

Music

Ales Brezina

Other

Karel Jaros, Vladimir Barak, Milan Bycek, Katarina Holla

Producer

Ondrej Trojan, Pavel Borovan, Total Helpart (T.H.A.) Film Company, Czech Television, Sony Pictures Classics